Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-06-01

& Johnson's, are cheap.
For Rent--A good house in the north
part of town. Apply to +. C. Eckert.
High pressure quality, and low pres
sure prices, at Wood & Vincent's. 81
Smoked meats, bologna sausage, and
every variety of fresh meats, at E. I.
Mobiles. AZ
Hats for young men, old men and
boys, soft, stiff or strawat Standiford,
Youmans Il Eldred's. 50
Southworth has completed his i'm
provements and now has the toniest
drug store ever seen in this city.
Fishing excursion are in order, and
they are taken advantage of 10y young
and old i'll this great fishing country.
The new version of Come where the
lilies bloom" is, Come where the bar
gains boom" at Wood IL Vincent's. 81
The Cakes Bell Ringers, Friday
night, gave a first-class entertainment.
which was appreciated by the whole
audience.
1t is rumored that Geo. W. Horney,
present city marshal of Medicine Lodge
will be candidate for sheriff on the
republican ticket.
The subject of discourse next Sunday
morning at the Christian church, will
be THE Reason of the Christians
hope" At night Popular Amuse-
ments."
Attention is directed to the new adj
vertisement of Geppert 81 Stone, in this
issue. They are making specialties
now in several lines, and invite the pa
tronage of the public.
The new firm of w. s. Watkins & Co.,
are in their new quarters. ready to see
their old friends and as many new ones
as may call. They have general stock
of merchandise and are selling it at
reasonable prices.
Children's day at the NJ. E. church
next Sabbath, June 5th. The services
will be wholly by and for the children.
The church will be beautifully decorat-
ed for the occasion. All are cordially
invited to attend morning and evening.
W. III .Worland celebrated his forty
fifth birthday last Thursday, by setting
out a fine dinner, and having a few of
his friends tohelp him eat it. We hope
he will celebrate at least forty-five more
birthdays before he concludes to hang
up the shovel and the hoe.
Public school will close in this city
on Friday, Bird. So far as we can learn,
good work has been done by the teach
ers, and certain it is that the school has
moved along more regularly than dur
ing the previous term. We have heard
it rumOred that the board of directors
have already decided to re-employ Prof.
BeesOn as principal.
The members of the Citizens Silver
Band have decided to give a dinner,
supper and festival on circus day, next
Monday, in the SherlOck-Mills building.
Strawberries and ice cream will be fur
nished, besides regular square meal.
This is home affair, the money being
raised 10 assist IN paying for the instru-
ments. Everybody should patronize
the bows
The New York Herald speaks thusly
of "JO-Jo:" Beyond all question. 'Jo-
Jo' is the most extraordinary and alb
sorbinSiy interesting curiosity that has
ever reached these shores. His resem-
blance TO a fancy skye terrier is most
and complete. 'Jo-Jo' is not
at all stupid, but, on the contrary, is
unusually bright, alert and vivacious,
and an eminently pleasing figure to
look upon"
w. j.. Z. Burney, having disposed Of
his interest in the firm of Shannon,
Shannon & Burney to his partners,
will leave this week for IIarriSonville,
Mo-, to engage ir the active practice of
law. He likes Medicine Lodge and its
people, but there was not the same
opening in his profession here that ap-
peared TO exist 1T his old home. The
departure of Mr.. Durney and his ex-
cellent lady will be regretted by large
circle of friends they made here.
Some of the young bloOds about town
are chuckllng in their sleeves over a job
they put up on IA bartender, one
night last week. They took several
drinks of gypsum water with him, and
he became tired, and went off sound
asleep. THIS was bonanza for the
boys, and they helped themselves lib
orally to cigars, cider, gypsum water,
and other necesSaries of life, and held
high carnival till about three O'Clock
in the morning. when they retired, leav-
ing the lamps brightly burning, the
doors wide open, aud the victim sweet
ly snoring. Sach is life.
Monday morning. Mrs. Clarence s.
Blake. who Is at the home of her father.
Mr.. Wiley, south of here miles, was
out on the range attempting to separate
a cow and calf from the herd. The
animals attacked her, and IN order to
sclre them away, she attempted to fire
a pistol which she carried in her pocket
for an emergency, The weapon, 80
calibre. was prematurely discharged,
the ball entering her left hand, remov-
a portion of the bone of the index
finger and producing painful, though
not dangerous wound. DIR. Gillette
was called at once, and succeeded i'm
making the patient comfortable. The
accident was queer one, but liable to
happen at any time in the far west.
Last Wednesday afternoon, while the
INDEX printing Office was being re-
moved from the room it formerly occu-
pied, to our new room on Kansas ave-
nue. east, the half-medium Gordon job
Der became unmanageable. and fell from
the doorway IN tie sfopa eidavvo1l- m